From 3a305e1bce6b9082a1478e9f12819498c0ff4e59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Hallada <tyler@hallada.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 22:13:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] u8s are faster than u32s

---
 README.md        | 2 +-
 src/day03/mod.rs | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 449beae..e3549cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ Timings are given as: [lower-bound **best-estimate** upper-bound]
 |-----|--------|--------|
 | 01  | [101.34 µs **101.95 µs** 102.61 µs] | [105.90 µs **106.40 µs** 106.95 µs] |
 | 02  | [2.0990 ms **2.1113 ms** 2.1236 ms] | [2.0954 ms **2.1055 ms** 2.1157 ms] |
-| 03  | [623.89 µs **631.99 µs** 641.14 µs] | [786.95 µs **793.43 µs** 800.13 µs] |
+| 03  | [45.004 µs **45.240 µs** 45.470 µs] | [180.62 µs **181.41 µs** 182.20 µs] |
diff --git a/src/day03/mod.rs b/src/day03/mod.rs
index 7918d50..1bd890b 100644
--- a/src/day03/mod.rs
+++ b/src/day03/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub const INPUT: &str = include_str!("input/input.txt");
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 struct Battery {
     column: usize,
-    joltage: u32,
+    joltage: u8,
 }
 
 impl Default for Battery {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn largest_output_joltage<const N: usize>(input: &str) -> Result<u64> {
                     line,
                     " ".repeat(column)
                 )
-            })?;
+            })? as u8;
             let min = N.saturating_sub(line_len - column);
             for i in min..N {
                 if joltage > batteries[i].joltage {